Summary

• GERAD update
• In memoriam of El-Kebir Boukas January 1, 1954-January 18, 2010
• Jean-Philippe Waaub’s communicating vessels
• Optimizing the Value at Risk in a Markov Decision Process with parameter uncertainty
• Forecasting Temperature to Price CME Temperature Derivatives
• Why do Software Firms Fail?
• An Estimate of Survival Based on Multiple Populations
• The Dilemma of Pull and Push Price Promotions